Wednesday, June 10, 2009

June Gloom Gingerbread

Los Angeles is having a major case of June Gloom. In the last couple weeks we have had overcast skies, rain, foggy days, and even lightening. That marine layer just won't go away. There is only a 58% chance of sunshine in June in LA and I'm beginning to wonder if I need to take Vitamin D supplements instead of my daily dose outside. And perhaps a few hours in front of my Lowell Ego lights. Sigh. Just kidding...sorta.

This may sound very pathetic to some, but these lower temperatures and cloudy skies make me think of FALL. And what's the flavor of fall? Gingerbread.

I'm always looking for gingerbread recipes. I love ginger. I love unfrosted cakes (yeah, JustJenn, I'm not a member of Frosting Nation or "Legalize Frostitution" campaign). Gingerbread is the perfect combo of not too sweet cake, moistness, cinnamon and ginger.

One of my co-workers said it tasted like little Ginger People chews were in the cake. Sorta like a soylent green ginger cake! :) This cake only uses ground ginger, ground cinnamon and molasses for the spice - making it really easy to assemble!

I dusted my squares with powdered sugar but a dollop of whipped cream would be nice too.

I find that cutting everything and putting them in cupcake holders makes for easy grabbing by co-workers and less mess. Good thing I picked up 1,000 of these at Surfas recently! :)

Well that stinks - I hate rainy, gloomy weather. We've had an ok June - lots of rain during the week but the sun has been coming out on the weekends which sort of makes up for it. The gingerbread looks terrific!

Luckily, it's not too gloomy here in Wisconsin, but I'm a sucker for gingerbread. Love it, and love those simple cakes. Frosting had its place, but sometimes simple snack cakes are best. Might have to squeeze it in before leaving tomorrow :)

Those are so cute, I like how you put them in cupcake wrappers. And, my dad was just complaining and warning me about June gloom because I am headed to LA on Thursday next week. Don't worry, we've been having that here in SF.

Steve and I were in Santa Barbara last weekend for his UCSB graduation, we both commented on how gloomy it was and then were reminded about June Gloom, I had completely forgotten about June Gloom - guess I have been away too long!